Monthly Archives: June 2004

Spice it up!: “The Currywurst: It’s a favorite pick at the office cafeteria and considered Germany’s answer to the otherwise American and Turkish dominated fast-food landscape. “

Sonic Youth on KCRW found via Metafilter. It’s a nice set so far. I’m 10 minutes into it. rawk.

Imbissdeutsch für Fortgeschrittene: Vergessen Sie “der die das”. Es gibt nur “den”. Advanced Imbiss German: listen and repeat.

Last night M and I went to the laundromat to do what most people do in laundromats and there was this slightly crazy guy Ingo who was entertaining us with his stories of traveling around, being thrown out of places … Continue reading →

BBC NEWS | Business | German stores run out of change because I have it all. Ever since the Euro has been introduced my pockets are full of coins. I get them back as change all the time but as … Continue reading →

The New York Times > Technology > AOL Engineer Sold 92 Million Names to Spammer, U.S. Says: I think it is time to bring back being drawn and quartered as a reasonable punishment. But just for spammers. Ooooh, I hates … Continue reading →

3 things: AprilMayJune is on hold for now. We have no bass player on account of our previous one losing her shit, to put it mildly. It’s always the bass players that are teetering closest to edge. Hmmm. We had … Continue reading →

M and I had quite a crazy weekend. It was Stadtfest here in Lüneburg last weekend and it got a little out of control. I would report specifics but they are kinda patchy. Let’s just say our Friday started alright … Continue reading →

Think about it like this: This won’t hurt much from Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. The March 6 memo, prepared for Mr Rumsfeld explained that what may look like torture is not really torture at all. It states that: … Continue reading →

Since when are American citizens not entitled to their basic civil rights? Even Timothy McVeigh and Charles Manson got a fair trail. The concept of rights implies that everybody has them, otherwise they are worthless. Read it then continue on…. … Continue reading →